No. 0862008·alt-rock·6 blocks
Use Somebody
The widescreen guitar hook on Use Somebody is Matthew Followill — not Caleb, who plays rhythm and sings — riding a delayed octave melody through a Matchless combo. Producer Jacquire King confirmed the Matchless was the amp on this track (the Selmer was Sex on Fire's). The shimmer is a rhythmic Line 6 delay plus a lush studio reverb (an Eventide DSP4000 added the 'synth-like' sheen at Blackbird in Nashville). The guitar is dialed clean and bright, the delay and reverb do the rest.
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Guitar
Epiphone Sheraton
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Class-A 30W TB
2x12 Class-A
Digital Delay
Plate Reverb
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
10s
Release
180s
Mix
0.6
Level
0dB
Class-A 30W TB
← Matchless DC-30 / Vox AC-15
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
MV
6
Cut
4
2x12 Class-A
← Matchless 2x12
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Line 6 DL4 (dotted-eighth)
Time
330ms
Feedback
0.3
Mix
0.3
Plate Reverb
← Eventide DSP4000 (lush studio reverb)
Mix
0.3
Decay
3.5s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 086
The widescreen guitar hook on Use Somebody is Matthew Followill — not Caleb, who plays rhythm and sings — riding a delayed octave melody through a Matchless combo. Producer Jacquire King confirmed the Matchless was the amp on this track (the Selmer was Sex on Fire's). The shimmer is a rhythmic Line 6 delay plus a lush studio reverb (an Eventide DSP4000 added the 'synth-like' sheen at Blackbird in Nashville). The guitar is dialed clean and bright, the delay and reverb do the rest.
— Matthew Followill
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